Full exercise of cultural rights as well as access to sources of Brazilian culture are to be ensured by the State, which is also entrusted with the task of supporting and encouraging the appreciation and dissemination of cultural manifestations (article 215, heading, of the federal Constitution), as well as popular, indigenous and Afro-Brazilian cultural expressions and of other groups that have made a relevant contribution to Brazilian culture (art.
El Estado garantizará a todos el pleno ejercicio de los derechos culturales y el acceso a las fuentes de la cultura nacional y apoyará e incentivará la valoración y difusión de las manifestaciones culturales (encabezamiento del artículo 215), incluidas las expresiones culturales populares, indígenas y afrobrasileñas y de otros grupos que hayan contribuido a la cultura brasileña de manera notable (art. 215, párr. 1).